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In reply to the discussion: Here's a list of people Tara Reade has accused of assault or harassment. [View all]Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)53. She seems to have a slobbering affection toward Putin.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190404043945/https://medium.com/@shewrites94/why-a-liberal-democrat-supports-vladimir-putin-f54ca2a3a405
Through my lens, President Putin brought a chaotic and failed nation to become a vibrant, creative, economic force within a decade. I dont care what your politics; just admit that his sheer, calculated vision and willful energy brought Russia back to be a world power. Now, I said this to a friend recently, she waved her glass of Merlot at me and began the anti-Russia lecture we all have come in America to memorize, a tale of spies, oligarchs, rigged elections and murders. I start to drift. I listen to the Sade song playing in the background The Sweetest Taboo as she speaks. When she finishes, I say, Well, he is very good to women, holds them in high regard. She starts to protest then stops and says, yes, yes, but She trails off no doubt thinking of the American Presidents obvious disdain and objectification of all women. I shrug. Maybe, America is on some wrong side of very big issues and we need to look at our own actions. For example,Yemen or Afghanistan. It used to be fashionable as a Democrat to embrace our Russian sisters and brothers. Now, it is supposed to be only Republican territory. This is ironic since the whole American anti-Russian propaganda came originally from neo-conservative hawks.
There have been many American administration changes; President Putin has tried again and again to keep diplomatic ties strong. I am sure, President Putin has experienced political whiplash with the mercurial American diplomatic meetings. But then he is against an American machine that is more than one politician; it is an American political landmine full of traps, set up before he even came to power. The agenda was clear, concise and evident when I worked in Washington DC, keep the Russians talking but bring their nation down and no world seat for them at the table. Politics has always been a blood sport.
President Putins genius is his judo ability to conserve his own energy and let the opponents flail, using up their energy, while he gains position. Currently, President Putin has a higher approval rating in America then the American President, particularly with women. President Putin has an alluring combination of strength with gentleness. His sensuous image projects his love for life, the embodiment of grace while facing adversity. It is evident that he loves his country, his people and his job. Although his job may seem like in the words of writer, Elizabeth Gilbert on genius, trying to swallow the sun. This is a whole lot to deal with for one mere mortal President Putins obvious reverence for women, children and animals, and his ability with sports is intoxicating to American women. Especially since the bloated, American President is so negative, denigrating and dismissive of anyone but himself as he stumbles even playing golf (which is not a real sport anyway but a past time, sorry golfers).
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Here's a list of people Tara Reade has accused of assault or harassment. [View all]
Drunken Irishman
Apr 2020
OP
Clearly you are not a white person who has spent significant time in enterprises located
ChiTownDenny
Apr 2020
#60
I do not see a parallel between an employer/employee relationship and exchanges at a grocery store
live love laugh
Apr 2020
#66
I've been "discriminated" against by PoC. But I got it. I've seen PoC discriminated against ...
marble falls
Apr 2020
#83
Claiming discrimination from an 8 hour day voluntarily signed on for trivializes "discrimination"
marble falls
Apr 2020
#92
Black people face discrimination all through their life: there's no clocking out from it ...
marble falls
Apr 2020
#109
We're all in it together. Most people will do the right thing if given a chance. Just a chance ...
marble falls
Apr 2020
#105
Black "discrimination" against whites does even rate. It shouldn't even be mentioned at all ...
marble falls
May 2020
#134
"They seemed to think it was a game." Something no PoC ever said and that is the difference.
marble falls
May 2020
#140
"Assaulted" to him may have been a Black person yelled at him, called him a name maybe, and
Blue_true
Apr 2020
#112
Yeah, that was what I noticed. She claims it was in a Senate hallway, of all places. nt
Blue_true
Apr 2020
#106
Rape and sexual abuse are not things the victim brings on by "irresistible perfume"
Ms. Toad
Apr 2020
#25
Sorry, but I don't view linking victim behavior with allegations of rape or sexual assaul as a joke.
Ms. Toad
Apr 2020
#118
Any link to this? This is bad for her ... really bad and I'm disgusted at Hayes for his piece if thi
uponit7771
Apr 2020
#8
The one thing I remember reading her neighbor (the one the press is talking about)
Peacetrain
Apr 2020
#24
Lost in all this discussion is the fact that at the time Biden supposedly "raped" her....
George II
Apr 2020
#30
I think most women have dealt with sexual harassment at one time or another.
appleannie1
Apr 2020
#32
It's not unusual for incarcerated parents to have incarcerated children.
live love laugh
Apr 2020
#72
Whatever she is a "victim" of, it isn't the Dem candidate for president. Her story is a hit job...
Hekate
Apr 2020
#61
Damaging the Democrat with smears, combined with suppressing the vote
SuprstitionAintthWay
Apr 2020
#90
This is so over the top. Almost as if she was being paid to write laudatory things about Putin.
octoberlib
Apr 2020
#71
A THIRD POSSIBILITY - sometimes people with history of early abuse recreate the same/similar abuse
Kashkakat v.2.0
Apr 2020
#59